Accession No

4749

Brief Description

botanical wallchart showing tentacles of Drosera rotundifolia L, by Paul Parey, H. Klitzing, L. Kny, Fenner, and Hollerbaum & Schmidt, German, c. 1850-1967

Origin

Germany; Berlin

Maker

Parey, Paul [publisher] Klitzing, H. [artist] Kny, L. Fenner [original artist] Hollerbaum and Schmidt [lithographer and printer]

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1967

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 1048mm; height 1460mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Inscription

‘Drosera rotundifolia L.’ (bottom centre)
‘H. KLITZING ad nat. et sec Fenner del.’ (bottom left)
‘Lith.u.Druck HOLLERBAUM & SCHMIDT Berlin N 65’ (bottom right)
‘BOTANISCHE WANDTAFELN VON L. KNY. X.Abteilung ’ (top left)
‘Verlag von Paul Parey in Berlin. Tafel CI.’ (top right)

Description Notes

Botanical wallchart showing tentacles of Drosera rotundifolia L, by Paul Parey, H. Klitzing, L. Kny, Fenner, and Hollerbaum & Schmidt, German, c. 1850-1967.
Seven diagrams showing Drosera.
The main picture is a full colour picture of the tentacles, taking up the whole lower half of the chart.
The upper part of the chart is taken up with six black line drawings of the cell structures of parts of the tentacles. The diagrams are numbered, but not labelled.
Inscriptions run across top and bottom.
The chart is made of two separate papers, stuck onto a common cloth backing.

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